Category Archives: MICROSOFT PROJECT

Fixed duration Tasks and over allocation resolution in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I have interesting question form one of my Blog Readers: “I have below query in Fixed Duration Task.Step1: created a task “paint the wall” with duration as 10 days (work starts by a Monday). Task is fixed durationStep2: created … Continue reading →

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Task Usage view, and spreading work over weeks with MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, a lot of MS PROJECT users are confused with using Task Usage View in MS PROJECT 2016, when tracking actual work not day per day, but week per week! I will show you how MS PROJECT 2016 works in … Continue reading →

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Replacing Resources on partial done Tasks–Microsoft Project 2016

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I have a question from my Blog reader: “Hi Nenad and thank you very much for your blog. I have a question for you. Suppose you have a 10d task with a generic resource assigned to it ( total … Continue reading →

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Some leveling options in Microsoft Project 2016

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, my Blog reader has a question: “Would you please give an example with “Leveling Can Adjust Individual Assignments on a Task” and an other example with “Level Resources with the Proposed Booking Type” in MS Project 2016 resource leveling … Continue reading →

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Resource rates and Billing rates in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi! I always get a question like this: “I need to charge an hourly rate per project. My hourly rate is $100.00 per hour. I have an employee work for me. Their rate is $20.00 per hour. I need to … Continue reading →

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%Complete vs. %Work Complete in MS PROJECT 2016!–when to use what?

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, very often I have questions like this one: Dear Nenad, I am going to develop a scheduled for a petrochemical plant shutdown project. My question is: “What percent complete should i use (% Complete or Work % Complete) … Continue reading →

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How to put different Overtime Work to Task in MS PROJECT 2016!

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I have a very interesting question from one of my Blog Readers: “Hi Nenad, I want to put different overtime Work for a Task and Resources. Let’s say that I have Task1, and John an Mary are assigned to … Continue reading →

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Resource capacity in Hours with MS PROJECT 2016 – is it possible?

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, my Blog Reader has a question: “I have a project plan with certain milestones which are to be completed on specific dates and I have resources assigned. But as per plan, the resource allocation hours are reduced whereas in … Continue reading →

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Actual Duration, Actual work and Fixed work Tasks in MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, here is one problem that my Blog Reader has (I will go step by step, and I will use MS PROJECT 2016) “When multiple resources are assigned to the task, for a given Total Work we can calculates the … Continue reading →

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How to setup complex Graphical Indicators with MS PROJECT 2016

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Nenad Trajkovski

Hi, I can see on the forums that lot of MS PROJECT 2016 user have problem with graphical indicators. For example, they want to see Actual Work compared with base lined work, and see the status. OK, that is not … Continue reading →

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